- The
Færeyinga saga (listen), the saga of the
Faroe Islands, is the
story of how the
Faroe Islanders were
converted to
Christianity and
became a part of...
- Grímr
Kamban was,
according to the
Færeyinga saga, the
first Norse settler in the
Faroe Islands. The
modern Faroese form of the name is Grímur, but it...
- speculation. A
single source mentions early settlement, the
Icelandic Færeyinga saga. It was
written sometime around 1200 and
explains events taking place...
-
Islands in 999. He is one of the main
characters of the
Færeyinga saga.
According to the
Færeyinga saga,
emigrants who left
Norway to
escape the tyranny...
- attestations, but Þorgerðr also
appears in the
Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál,
Færeyinga saga, and Harðar saga ok Hólmverja and is
mentioned in
Ketils saga hœngs...
-
evidence places the
first known habitation as
early as the 4th century,
Færeyinga Saga and the
writings of
Dicuil place initial Norse settlement in the...
- 13th-century work
Færeyinga saga (Saga of the Faroese),
though it is
disputed as to how much of this work is
historical fact.
Færeyinga saga only exists...
-
versions of the
Orkneyinga saga ("History of the
Orkney Islanders") and
Færeyinga saga ("History of the
Faroe Islanders"). From
internal evidence the book...
- Hölgi,
possibly others Jómsvíkinga saga, Njáls saga, Skáldskaparmál,
Færeyinga saga Vár (Old Norse) "Beloved" None
attested None
attested Poetic Edda...
- islands,
although there was no
settlement at
Tinganes at that time. The
Færeyinga Saga says: "the
place of the ting of the
Faroese was on Streymoy, and...
